When Disney bought Marvel, many of us thought the writing was on the wall for Panini's Marvel reprint titles (and, indeed, Disney quicly stopped Panini from publishing UK originated material based on Marvel characters in Britain) but the latest development has caused quite a bit of puzzled head scratching as, in an almost total reversal of what was expected, Disney have decided to hand over the Italian publishing rights to Mickey Mouse to Panini! The long running weekly comic Topolino will now be published by Panini, requiring 22 former Disney staff to relocate halfway across the country if they want to retain their jobs. Predictably, this has not gone down well and strike action is being threatened.

It's a state thing. Different states have different laws, so I think it's freer in other ones. I mean, I know other states have unions and stuff, but in Utah a "strike" like this one would simply be met with 22 pink slips. I'm glad that didn't happen in their case.

Sam_Vimes wrote:It's a state thing. Different states have different laws, so I think it's freer in other ones. I mean, I know other states have unions and stuff, but in Utah a "strike" like this one would simply be met with 22 pink slips. I'm glad that didn't happen in their case.

Over here, those 22 pink slips would be met by 22 Employment Tribunals and probably 22 compensatory payments from the employer, enforced by those Tribunals.